Episode 2546
Candidates Tournament 2024
Mon, 2024-Apr-22 02:15 UTC
Length - 1:31
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With 165,923 views on Sunday, 21 April 2024 our article of the day is Candidates Tournament 2024.
The 2024 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place at The Great Hall in Toronto, Canada, from April 3–22, 2024. The event was held alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament. The event was won by Gukesh D.
As with every Candidates tournament since 2013, it was a double round-robin tournament. The winner of the tournament earned the right to play the World Chess Championship 2024 against the current World Chess Champion Ding Liren.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:15 UTC on Monday, 22 April 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Candidates Tournament 2024 on Wikipedia.
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